Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export.

Christoph Hellwig (hch@infradead.org)
Thu, 8 May 2003 20:48:26 +0100


On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 03:43:37PM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > you can write a stackable filesystem on linux, too and intercept any
> > I/O request. You just have to do it through a sane interface, mount
> > and not by patching the syscall table - which you can do under
> > windows either. (at least not as part of the public API).
>
> So when I register my filesystem, can I indicate that I want to be
> layered over top of the ext3 driver

Yes.

> and get control anytime someone
> mounts an ext3 fileystem,

no.

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